global poet, local idiot

Mastering 'Tsundokuta' : the art of acquiring poems but letting them pile up in one's home without reading them.

[global poet, local idiot @brianthompstone]

@dom_slusarczyk 👏

Stressless

at least i know
when the sun
squints through
my dawn
curtains
i will

still

be ugly

😉

[global poet, local idiot @brianthompstone]

.
.
.
look at that dot
•
again
that’s here that’s home that's
us
.
that’s all there is
.
.
.
#poem #poetry #micropoetry #smallpoems #imagism

[NASA History Office @NASAhistory]

"That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives" –Carl Sagan

#OTD in 1990 Voyager 1 captured this photo of Earth dubbed the "Pale Blue Dot" https://t.co/vKkZFdGyRU

[global poet, local idiot @brianthompstone]

#silentsunday

[global poet, local idiot @brianthompstone]

@dom_slusarczyk yes, yes, I know
that oil will kill the world
but look here
my bright new SUV
sits so proud and strong
in Tesco's car park

[global poet, local idiot @brianthompstone]

For readers of @blackboughpoems and in particular https://t.co/fuBeDdhBrb
Note that tonight BBC2 is reshowing their anniversary special on the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb.

[Black Bough Poetry / Barddoniaeth Y Gangen Ddu @blackboughpoems]

‘hold my lucent heart’ ❤️‍🔥

Brian Thompstone @brianthompstone with a poem in our Tutankhamun edition.

https://t.co/whzI5rzzCi

[Dominik Slusarczyk @thedreamingseal]

Knowledge

#poetry #poem

[global poet, local idiot @brianthompstone]

@dom_slusarczyk "maybe we die forever". ❤️ Acute vision.

[global poet, local idiot @brianthompstone]

#NationalPoetryDay - refuge

approaching white cliffs
even tall men cannot see
the lie of the land

#poem #poetry #senryu #bonsaiku
#poetryCommunity

[global poet, local idiot @brianthompstone]

#NationalPoetryDay - refuge

approaching white cliffs
even tall men cannot see
the lie of the land

#poem #poetry #senryu #bonsaiku
#poetryCommunity

[Black Bough Poetry / Barddoniaeth Y Gangen Ddu @blackboughpoems]

‘hold my lucent heart’ ❤️‍🔥

Brian Thompstone @brianthompstone with a poem in our Tutankhamun edition.

https://t.co/whzI5rzzCi

[global poet, local idiot @brianthompstone]

... bent on copper coins ... 👏

[Dominik Slusarczyk @thedreamingseal]

Temporary Beasts

#poetry #poem

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

The Nokia n91 released in 2006 was the first ever phone encompassing a 4 GB internal hard drive, allowing storage for 3,000 songs

[📹 hientechno]
https://t.co/3FsVBkmauW

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

You may have seen lots of ingenious solutions to keep squirrels away from bird feeders, from simple grease on the pole to highly engineered designs.

Yet, this one has probably one of the most hilarious outcomes.

[📹 Charlie Oliver]

[The Culturist @the_culturist_]

Very few artists in history have mastered the art of carving translucent veils from solid stone.

These are the 10 greatest examples ever sculpted 🧵

[global poet, local idiot @brianthompstone]

the ultimate deflection - but note it doesnt work on meteorites, only fools

[Matthew Todd 🌏🔥 @MrMatthewTodd]

A reminder of this gem from a year ago. 60,000 people died from the extreme heatwave across Europe #DontLookUp https://t.co/hQanFKz8Gd

[global poet, local idiot @brianthompstone]

@blackboughpoems Hmm. Didn’t think I was hiding … 😀

[global poet, local idiot @brianthompstone]

Ahem ...

[Black Bough Poetry / Barddoniaeth Y Gangen Ddu @blackboughpoems]

Join us for the Tutankhamun edition launch this Saturday evening on Zoom. Free tickets with plenty of poetry, artwork and a beautiful musical score.

https://t.co/WpzIVoEIhn

[global poet, local idiot @brianthompstone]

https://t.co/x5aNQZCwUP

[Black Bough Poetry / Barddoniaeth Y Gangen Ddu @blackboughpoems]

🔥TUTANKHAMUN PROJECT EXCLUSIVE 🔥

Video teaser for our centenary anthology with an excerpt of the musical score by Stuart Rawlinson @stu__rawlinson 🎶🎶🎵

Art by @wainwrightrebs 🖌️
Editors for the book @MatthewMCSmith ✒️
@jackbedell & @SeaGoatScreams

and so many poets..

[global poet, local idiot @brianthompstone]

@Rhona_Greene @TopTweetTuesday @MatthewMCSmith thanks 😎

[global poet, local idiot @brianthompstone]

@TopTweetTuesday @MatthewMCSmith hope you've recovered from easter eggs.

No *collection* self published - yet - but the rest, why, you're reading it here 😀

"From The Beach"

#imagism #poetry #smallpoems

[global poet, local idiot @brianthompstone]

@MatthewMCSmith @TopTweetTuesday Thanks. 😀